Ice-cutter.



No. 678,285. Patented July 9, l90l. J. SCHWEIKART.

ICE CUTTER.

(Applicltion filed J'A'n. 28, 1901.)

( No Model.)

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SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent J\T0. 678,285, dated July 9, 1901.

Application filed January 28, 1901. Serial No. 45,077. (No model.)

T all whom it mall concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN SOHWEIKART, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and Stateof Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ice-Cutters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to a tool for cutting ice particularly designed for use in trimming oi the uneven upper surface or edges of ice cakes which have been deposited in ice-houses to permit of another layer of ice cakes being placed evenly thereon.

The invention consists in the novel con struction of the ice-cutter'and in the peculiar arrangement and combination of its various parts, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the tool. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof; and Fig. 3 is a cross-section taken on line a; m, Fig. 2. V

In construction the tool comprises a body portion A, composed of a series of parallel and spaced bars, such as B, and a handle 0 for and connected to the body.

The bars described are formed of metal, and the bar ends at one end of the body are beveled, as shown, forming cutting-points, such as a. Each bar is also apertured in proximity to each of its ends, and the several bars are separated one from another by means of spacing-thimbles D, interposed between the bars and registering with the apertures therein at each end, as plainly shown in Fig. 1. The bars are clamped together by means of bolts E, which extend through the apertures and thimbles.

The handle referred to is preferably yoke-- shaped in configuration, the end portions embracing the tool-body and having a pivotal connection with the latter at substan tially the center. The pivots I) extend through suitable eyes 0 in the handle ends and are fixed to the outer bars of the body. I

By forming a pivotal connection between the handle and body the latter when "being operated normally guides itself, so that the smoothing or planing of the ice cakes is readily effected. Also in addition to removing obstructions presented by the uneven edges of the cakes it corrugates the upper surfaces, so that air-spaces will be formed between the two layers of ice, preventing the cakes from freezing together.

In constructing the cutter I preferably form cutting-points a at the rear end of the tool bybeveling the ends of the bars in a manner similar to that described, but forming the bevels in the opposite direction. Thus I am enabled when one set of cutting-points becomes dull from use to reverse the tool and obtain a new set of points; also I have provided means whereby when necessary the tool-body may be tilted either up or down for the purpose of more efiectively cutting the ice. These means consist, essentially, of pins e, detachably secured to the outer bars of the body to one side of the handle-pivot, and links f, engaging the pins described and hav ing a pivotal connection with the handle. As shown, the links are slotted, forming what are generally termed lost-motion links, to allow of a limited play of the handle relative to the body during the planing or cutting. The pins referred toextend through apertures in the bars, as indicated, and are held in place by split keys, such as g.

When it is desired to reverse the tool, the link-pins are withdrawn from the body, the

latter reversed, and the pins again inserted in the outer bars in apertures it, formed in the body for this purpose, the pins being then lockedin place, as described.

It will be obvious fromthe description of the tilting mechanism that the raising or lowering of the tool is efiected by lifting or pressing down upon the handle beyond the limit of lost motion.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a tool for trimming ice, the combination with the tool-body comprising a series of spaced and connected bars having cutting-.

points formed thereon at one end of the body, and a handle having a pivotal connection adapted to permit limited play with said body.

2. In a tool for trimming ice, the combina tion of the tool-body comprising a series of thin parallellyarranged bars spaced from and connected to each other, the opposite ends of each bar being beveled to form cutting-points thereon, and a handle pivotally detachablyconnected to the body to one side connected vto the body, substantially as deof the handle-pivots, and slotted links carscribed. ried by the handle and engaging the pins,

3. In a tool for trimming ice, the combinasubstantially as described. 15

5 tion'of the tool-body comprising a series of In testimony whereof I aflix my signature parallel bars spaced from each other and aperin presence of two Witnesses. tured in roxiinity to their ends, spacin 7 7 v thimbles i nterrnediate the bars and registei- JOHN SCHWEILART' in g with the apertures therein, securing-bolts W'itnesses:

10 extending through said. bars and thimbles, a L. J. WHITTEMORE,

handle pivotally connected to the body, pins H. 0. SMITH. 

